Alessandro Capra (c. 1608 – c. 1684) was an Italian architect and inventor. He was born in Cremona. He studied

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under Giacomo Erba. He invented a number of machines. From 1672 to 1682, he published three volumes on

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and civil and military architecture. His two sons, Giusto and Domenica, worked on a number of hydraulic inventions.

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* * 1608 births 1684 deaths Architects from Cremona 17th-century Italian architects 17th-century Italian engineers {{Italy-artist-stub